Worldwide Panic: During Jeff Bezos’s Amazon AWS, Satya Nadella’s Microsoft Azure outage, why did Minecraft, Instagram go down? Reason is…
Major Shutdown! Several users faced problems logging into Microsoft services on Wednesday when several services of the company went down. Due to the major outage, Microsoft 365, Azure, Teams, Word, Excel, and even the Microsoft Store went down. Users took to social media platforms and reported facing problems with login and dashboard freezing.
As per Downdetector.com, a website that monitors issues and outages of other sites and apps, a major technical fault in Azure cloud service has affected several users across the world. The outage also affected other Microsoft platforms like Microsoft 365, Teams, and OneDrive.
Microsoft 365 down for 9,000 users
According to reports, approx 9,000 users suffered as Microsoft 365 went down, while over 16,600 Azure users reported issues. Microsoft stated that its technical team is investigating the root cause.
What Had Happened?
As per reports, the root cause of the shutdown was an error in the Domain Name System (DNS) at AWS’s Northern Virginia data centre. It is to be noted that the DNS works as a map for websites and translates their names to IP addresses. When the DNS system faces a technical issue, apps dependent on it are unable to could not access their data.
Which Site And Apps Were Affected?
The sites and apps affected by the outage include Venmo, Snapchat, Perplexity, Coinbase, HBO and HBO Max, Canva, and Hulu. Perplexity stated that the services are not working properly as it is “down right now.”
Several Businesses Affected For Hours
As per Downdetector’s live outage map, due to the outage, several sectors like tech, retail, and gaming were affected for hours. Minecraft servers were down for hours, demonstrating the severity of the outage.
The outage shook many companies as their entire work depends on Microsoft’s cloud network. As per tech website TechRadar, the impact of Azure outage was felt globally, affecting several businesses for hours.
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